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Nina and Michelle, are best friends with a passion for the Lord. They bring uplifting conversations, encouragement, and shared personal stories of overcoming and victory straight to your screen.
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0:22 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphries.0:25 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today we're gonna be talking about how we got together and how we are doing ministry together and we recently did 20:37 episodes, you might wanna go back and check those out, it's the interviews that we did of each other, how we got saved and, how we came to know the Lord, and what we're how we met. But now0:49 we're gonna talk about everything that's happened to us ministry wise and all that we're doing and what we feel God's got next for us. So this is kind of an interesting topic. We're just gonna1:00 kinda get with this, but we left off that you and I met because she just randomly showed up at my house when she felt the Lord told her to as she was working for CBN.1:13 And the Lord led her to my house in the time of a great turmoil in my life that I was crying out to the Lord and she just randomly happened to be at my door. And since then, we have1:25 been inseparable and so many people ask us how we started our program so that's a very interesting story.1:33 Yeah, when I first met Naina she was a partner with CBN and I worked with CBN1:45 and we heard about this pastor in Burkina Faso. And the Lord gave us a burden that this1:56 man wanted his vision in this strange part of Africa that we had never heard of, it's West Africa, it is in the French speaking part of Africa.2:06 It's a very Muslim area2:07 too, French Muslim Yes, and this Christian pastor wanted to build an entire school to begin to educate people, children. With an orphanage. Yes. So we2:20 felt the burden of the Lord for this particular school and this particular project and that was our first ministry project together. And in 1 night we raised all the money for this2:32 school and within 7 months there were 300 kids sitting in class being educated in a it was like a bomb went off in the middle of a Muslim country with Christianity, know, and it would and2:44 then the same thing happened, we built a second school and then we began to kind of travel around Well, that that's cool2:51 was we were watching the videos of it going up in real time and we, you know, we had people that were donating all the bunk beds and the cute dormitories and it just everything, but the backstory of that3:03 was this pastor was literally people were just selling their children. Yes. Selling their children, like, for 20 dollars and they would sell them into sex slavery and3:15 things and for drug money.3:16 Or they would let him get married to some old man you know like a little girl and it just was it was corruption at the core and we you know3:27 we heard about this and He would literally buy the children instead of letting the drug dealers have them and it was such a powerful ministry what he was doing and then they were trying to,3:39 raid the school and it had to be in fenced, they had to have guards. It was just And3:45 you think3:45 about a crazy thing.3:46 Yeah and he is in like, talk about 1 of the most remote places on the earth, he was, what he had was prayer and a connection to CBN.3:58 And whenever, you know, we began to ask the Lord what do you want us to do, CBN sent me some projects and my husband Troy said,4:10 you know, Michelle why were you crying in your sleep? And I said, what? I don't even remember crying in my sleep. So I said, hold on. And I remembered why I was crying4:22 in my sleep. It was for that school Mhmm. That that God wanted to raise up kids in that part of Africa to serve him and to begin to bring that nation out of out of poverty.4:35 And so we had we we had this fundraiser At my neighbor's house.4:40 Yes. We we went to my my neighbor's house, and we just invited everybody we knew. We we, had people donate items that we would auction off, and boom. We had the money for the school In 1 night. And4:52 and it went up, and then we did a second school. And, you know, God just began to use us in such amazing ways. And we we had begun, to travel different places and where we were,5:04 praying for groups and praying for people, praying. You know, a lot of times with the trips you go on you have a bus ride every day and we were able to, you know, we had microphones and we were preaching on buses and5:16 In different parts of the world. Different parts of the world.5:18 And we've had so much fun doing the work of the Lord, you know, as like for example we went to Africa and we were with the Messiah, was like stepping back in history like 10005:30 years and Orphan's Promise of CBN had and we still give to Orphan's Promise through Grace Grace, Orphan's Promise had built a school in the5:41 middle of their tribe and so we went to see it and it was like what, you just couldn't believe that this was real life right? Educating children out5:53 of poverty.5:54 Yeah. And even where these children, literally, their nourishment came from the blood of goats. Blood of goats only. They would stab them in the neck, drink this blood, and then sew their necks back up.6:06 And it was literally all they had. And then CBN came in and taught them how to garden, and they had a seed program which And water wells. Yeah. And so we we kinda just6:18 have been able to be part of all of these things. And that's what you, our donors, are part of too because all of your giving gets gets tithed over to those projects that6:28 fund In fact, everything that we that we bring in at this time, we pour it back out to get the gospel out all over the world and6:40 also to take care of widows and orphans and that's really6:44 That's our hearts, both of And God tells us, it's like a mandate to take care of those. And there's6:52 not 1 penny. We don't take money from the ministry, we just pour it all back in. And the Lord has blessed it. Mean it has just organically grown.7:01 Yes. So, 1 day, we decided just just randomly that, while we were helping and working out in CBN, there was there was a woman that had a7:13 television show that reached the Muslim world, and she had her 1 of her stations was out of a station in Houston. And she had asked us if we would, because we're in7:25 Houston, would go and renegotiate her contract for her at a station in Houston. And so we just oh, yeah. Sure. We'll do that. And so, Michelle and I headed down there 1 day to go7:37 meet with the guy for her to talk about her contract. And in the meantime, you know, we're both I'm I'm writing my blogs and I'm I'm writing you're working with CBN. I'm I'm, doing7:49 devotional writing7:49 every kinda doing projects here and there together.7:53 Yeah. And so, we show up at his this TV station and the guy is a Christian and you could feel the Lord, and you could feel the glory, and it was just a8:05 really cool divine appointment in our lives. And we start talking to him, and we're gonna tell you more about that, what happened as soon as we come right back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.8:16 Michelle.8:17 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.8:29 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and the8:40 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging8:52 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,9:04 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.9:16 Give now.9:19 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're telling you guys how we got started in television and in ministry in general. So we left off where we show9:30 up to negotiate TV time for this this friend of ours who had a television program. And this guy starts telling us we could feel the holy spirit and he starts telling us you 2 need9:42 a television Right.9:43 We're kinda sharing how we met and how we got to know 1 another and what the Lord was doing and you could feel the Lord and he just said you guys should have a show. We We9:55 laughed and We really laughed.9:56 He was like relentless about it almost. He kept saying, no, I'm not kidding. And then he started getting, like, really serious about it. Like, he's like, I'm telling you that whatever the10:08 the price that I just gave her, you guys should have that, we'll do the same for you. And we were like, but we don't have10:14 a TV show. Well and you know I thought you know I was fulfilling what the Lord had shown me when I was 17 by broadcasting the gospel, know I was working with CBN so I thought well this10:26 is what I'm doing, I am broadcasting the gospel, I'm making that happen you know. And so I hadn't really thought about like let's branch off and have our own program you know.10:38 So that was really, we literally laughed until we cried all the way home. And then we said, I said you know Naina, when I was at CBN for an10:50 event recently there was a pastor there from the Houston area and he said that God told him to build a studio and he didn't even have a TV program and11:02 then he also, I don't even know if I ever shared this with you, while I was there he prophesied to me and he said, You don't realize it but you are just11:14 like within a breath of what God actually wants you to do and you're about to walk in it. And I didn't, I thought, because you don't know what they're, you11:25 know, with a prophecy you test the spirits, you put it on a shelf and you see if that's what the Lord means or what, you know, and I really didn't know him that well. So I said, know, there's11:37 this pastor and he built this studio and he doesn't have a show so maybe we11:42 could ask So I called him and I left him a message and made an appointment with him. And he had messaged back, yep, come and meet, but we never told him what we wanted. And so11:53 when we got to the meeting, he said, I already know what you want. The Holy Spirit came before you and told told me, the studio is yours and you can use it for free. And so it was like,12:05 we said to God, we said, you know, if you really want us to have a TV show, which still cracked us up so much because it's like I said, I have no business being on TV. I I almost passed out talking in front of12:17 the golf team12:18 when I was the golf team mom. And I thought and then traveling around the world, used to hate. I was afraid of flying all before I was, you know saved. Well, I was saved, but I still had a lot of12:30 anxiety until I really got with the Lord on that. But it was funny. It's like, I I can't be on TV. I mean, so, you know, God God does use the foolish things to shame the wise. And so he gives us12:41 this this whole studio to use. We wind up getting a production team. It was just like somebody knew somebody. It was like boom, boom, boom. Everything was set in place and the doors were opening. And then12:54 you were at a funeral in in like our very we got on that station in Houston and then you were at a funeral in Louisiana.13:02 And I had worked for this man, right out of college and he had a TV station and he happened to go to my father in law's funeral. And he walks down the aisle13:13 of the funeral home before the service got started and Naina came to the funeral and I see him and I say,13:25 Hi, it was Barry Thompson from KAJN out of Louisiana and I'm like, Hey Brother Barry, you know, we still called each other brother and sister, that's what, when I first got saved13:37 you called people brother and sister. I'm like, Brother Barry, how are you? And I said, This is Naina. And we started talking about how the Lord had shown us13:49 this and he said, okay. He said, I'll put you on and so13:54 There was our second TV station. And then it was interesting because 1 day she said that she had seen a pop up on her computer as an advertisement and for NRB which is14:06 National Religious Radio and Broadcast and it's a giant convention.14:10 I was just doing my regular bible study and I don't get pop ups and I got a pop up and oh my goodness, it just pierced my heart, I knew we had to go. So I called her as soon as,14:22 I it was, I don't even know if the sun was hardly up and I said, I was laughing because I knew it was gonna be crazy because it was only in like 2 weeks and it was in Nashville and I said we have to go to this.14:34 Well it's funny because we both kinda do this thing like if she signs us up for something or I do We just kinda go with it. Okay, We're good. Whatever. And we're like, guess what we're next. Guess what we're doing14:45 next. But she's she so I registered us for NRB. But when our show was being played in Houston and Louisiana, I would always take the shows, the programs,14:57 and put them on to social media. And so I had a large following from the devotionals I was writing over there on Facebook, and someone a lot of people are following me over there, and15:09 someone from God TV saw our, my post with a show and said, by any chance, are you guys gonna be at NRB when we just signed up for it?15:20 Like that morning.15:21 Yeah. And so it's so it's like God just keeps opening doors. So we go to NRB, and this guy from God TV who this place is massive. There's so many booths and so many15:33 people. Everybody who is anybody to do with Christian TV or or radio or writing or or anything is there. And yet this guy from God TV, which is all over15:45 the globe, which we're so grateful to be on, literally started showing us around and getting us tickets into private meetings and took us under his wing. That is God. That is all15:57 because I obeyed God at a certain point in time to write a blog which led to a Facebook ministry and us negotiating t TV time for16:08 someone else. And it was just like door open, open, open, open, open. And so when it's of God, he makes it so easy. You know, when he says your yoke is16:20 easy, your burden is light, it's not that it hasn't been full of warfare and hard things, but he has opened the door every step of the way and that's how we know we're doing16:32 what God has called us16:33 to do. Yeah because there's no other explanation We know you made it happen. And we wouldn't have made it happen. We wouldn't have wanted to. I mean, seriously, We were both pretty content in what we were doing and then16:44 the Lord just sort of opened the door. And the rest is sort of history when it comes to TV, it just keeps growing and growing and now we're on all these16:56 different places and platforms. And16:59 you know when you just amen God, he does the heavy lifting and he will take you exactly where you need to be. And we're gonna talk more about that in just a second when we come right back.17:11 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.17:19 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all17:31 miracles.17:39 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.17:51 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and the18:02 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:14 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,18:26 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.18:38 Give now.18:40 Welcome back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're just talking about how we got started because so many people have asked. And so once our TV show got rolling with God TV and18:52 all the rest, we have had so much favor. And we've we we now have recently recently just started a brand new podcast, and that's on all of the podcast apps, and it's19:04 all different content from our program. But we're just all over social media and we get invited. We've done some women's conferences and god invites us to speak and and we just we19:16 just really feel like when you are walking in the spirit, you he's gonna take you where you need to be. When you're walking in the flesh, it's always hard. You know, God19:28 opens the doors you're supposed to go through. And with this, in in ministry, we always pray the keys of David. You know, we don't wanna have any projects that are not of him and that we ask god to lock us19:40 out of those doors and mails. And for him to throw open wide the doors that we should go through. And it's been so fruitful. You know, we've heard back from people that they've gotten19:52 saved watching our show or reading what some of the things that we write and post on our social media. And I've been grateful every day. It's like even the way we met was just so20:03 crazy and so it's all been so divine. It really has and it's also been, you know, the Bible says that the joy of the20:12 Lord is our strength and I will tell you, you know, from the minute I met Naina, she would just be, was like a sister, she really was. It's just like I had known20:24 her forever and we have laughed until we cried, I cannot tell you how many times, and we have genuinely traveled all over the world and done20:36 ministry and it has been such a joy. Whoever says it is boring to serve God has not actually served him, they've only thought about it because if20:48 you say, God, here I am, send me, he will do it and you never know what that entails, right?20:56 And some of the things that we can look back at and laugh now, we have been in some crazy hotels. We've been sleeping with our bibles and doors with the with the chair locked up against the21:08 door. We've had we've been in crazy places. It has been like, where, what is going on? Some of we21:16 had When we when we were in Africa, we talked about that trip. When we were in Africa, we the first night, she was with her son in another tent21:28 and I was in a tent. It was a nice tent but still it's21:31 a21:31 tent and it's Africa. With monkeys. Yes, well they said there were monkeys that could actually get in your tent if you didn't close your tent properly and I have never listened so closely21:43 to directions in my life because I thought if I run into a monkey in the middle of the night I think I might just die right there.21:50 Well we were right outside the Hippo River. They called it the Hippo Highway And so close It sounded prehistoric. Where hippos are the deadliest animal to mankind. Not tigers, not lions. It's22:02 a hippo. And so I remember us talking to my other son and saying, we're right next to the hippos. And he goes, you can't be that close, they're dangerous. And I said, I literally did a video,22:13 unzipped my tent, and I go, there they are. Like, that's how close we are to the hippos, and we could hear them all night long.22:21 It was very prehistoric sounding, it really was. But I slept in my it was winter there, so I slept in my entire like clothes with my tennis shoes, a22:33 coat and my yeah, and my Bible. I went ahead and slept with my Bible cause I thought, you know, I I've gotta run out of here with it.22:40 We've had planes that couldn't land and brought us to some other crazy place where we couldn't find a hotel room for mean, we had to stay in some crazy places and but, you know, over and over22:52 again, God has continually opened doors for us. He has caused us to meet the most amazing people. We have, you know, prayed for so many powerful people. We've been part of23:04 a leadership leaders roundtable with the president of the United States. We have been in so many amazing, amazing things and and gotten to just23:15 pray, in in worship and be with some very great situations and pastors and places and, you know, just forever forever.23:26 And it really has been a God adventure. That's the only thing I can say, you know, that23:32 What is a highlight for you? I know for me 1 of mine was when Terri Mussen who's always been, I've always just loved her, she's a cohost of 700 Club and I've always just23:43 loved I love Terri.23:45 She's the23:45 real deal. And when she asked me to preach at an Orphan's Promise event, and I thought, have somebody I've always watched and just just loved her her she's so23:57 inspiring to me asking me to to speak. There's things like that that I'll just be so grateful for.24:03 Such a highlight. There are so many.24:06 I know, it's hard to pick just 1.24:08 Just being able to be used of the Lord is such an honor. And today, if you're sitting and you feel like you've gotten in a rut, just ask the Lord, what next? And I24:20 mean, you know, just ask the Lord, say, God, I wanna walk in your spirit. And he will show you. So why don't we pray, you know, because God wants24:31 you to have a life of adventure and service to him and he's going to speak to you, I believe, and tell you what's next for you. So24:43 let's let's just pray right now. Father, thank you for everyone listening today. Thank you for all the things that you have done for Naina and I and24:55 through us. What an honor, what a privilege, Lord, to serve Jesus. And God, we pray for every person that is listening or watching today that they will know the will of God for their life,25:07 that you will speak to them and give them divine direction and that God that the ministry that you have for them will unfold, Lord, we pray and give just give them just25:19 a new lease on life. Yes. Lord, in Jesus' name, amen.25:23 Amen. Amen. We are so glad you watched our broadcast today. You can keep up with us on the go. We have a new podcast. You can find us on all of the podcast apps. We are all over25:35 social media. We are on Rumble. And we just want you to know that we are so grateful every time that you guys write to us. Leave us your prayer request. Let us know how we're doing. Let us know your questions. We25:47 love hearing from you. I also have 2 books filled with the word of God and devotions and some proceeds from them. Go to Help Our Orphans Projects, and you can find those wherever books are sold. We25:59 are so glad that you guys joined us. You have to stay tuned for a a message from our dear friend, Darrell Youngblood, and we just know that don't give up. God's got a plan for you. God wants to use26:10 you. You just get in there. You just stand strong. You start doing what the devil's telling you you can't do because God wants to use you mightily.26:19 Amen. We love you. We love26:21 you guys. God bless you, and have a wonderful day.26:23 Does science disprove God? Is there a war between science and faith? We don't need God to create a universe. There's no evidence for God, and it's irrational. 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